CRIME & SAFETY
A firsthand account of the stabbing on College Street
Huy Tran ’24 was walking home from Shaw’s Grocery with a friend around 8 p.m. on March 20 when a man approached him from behind and attacked him with a knife. Jerry L. Hoffman, 31, reportedly wielding two knives, stabbed Tran in the back four times. Hoffman was...
Monitors stolen from Ross Dining Hall
A Ross Dining Hall checker was doing morning setup around 5:45 a.m. on Monday, April 30, when the Department of Public Safety alerted the dining hall staff that both computer monitors had been stolen, the receipt printer had been smashed and the wires had been torn out of the ground.
'Project Good Morning' launches at Middlebury Police Department
Starting this week, people who live alone in Middlebury could sign up to start receiving a daily check-in from Middlebury police. Police Chief Jason Covey said it's all part of the "Good Morning Project," an initiative started at the New Hampshire Conway Police Department 20 years ago. Covey said anyone...
Vermont man seriously injured after motorcycle slams into car in New Haven, police say
NEW HAVEN, Vt. — A Vermont man was seriously injured on Thursday after the motorcycle he was riding slammed into a vehicle in New Haven. Vermont State Police said the operator, 35-year-old Benjamin Krans of Sudbury, suffered suspected severe injuries in the crash. Investigators said he was riding south...
Orwell woman charged with fraudulent credit card use
BRIDPORT — In an ongoing investigation, Vermont State Police detectives reported that Jenny Blair, 55, from Orwell, has been charged with fraudulently using a credit/debit card of a deceased individual. Detectives from the New Haven Barracks of the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations began probing the allegations...
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